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He was a man that you could count on and that is big in my book.
Those 4 words highlighted in blue mean everything, There are multiple millions of "males" in this word, but very few that can claim to be a man in the true sense of the word.
He was a man, and I admired him for it and I respected him for it, and I loved him for it.
Those who had a problem with him should have known, he didn't give a damn what you thought of him, as long as what he thought of himself was Honorable and true.
Lynn
Your words about Greg would’ve been more important to him than all of our compliments put together. He didn’t need the approval of any of us. In case you do not know, you are in the same category of men as Cross, honorable and true, and that as a man is above and beyond anything else that you can offer to others, and most importantly to yourself. Lynn *You also make me smile more than most, and that in itself is an accomplishment, trust me on that 
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No need to get emotional as I wasn't disrespecting Greg as he seemed like a quality man.
Greg wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire, Troll. Best take Rio's advice above. Sorry to have upset you. Was not my intention poor jeffo ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/mnT33XP.gif)
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Wow! Thank you ma’am! That’s the nicest thing I’ve heard in awhile and a compliment in the truest sense.
Thank you!
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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Wow! Thank you ma’am! That’s the nicest thing I’ve heard in awhile and a compliment in the truest sense.
Thank you!
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We never potted shots to me here but we PM'd a fair bit as he was fascinated with my work, the welding, the rigging and others on a scale he could only wonder about. "How do you tie your four cables to lift 5000 tonnes"? I appreciated the interest.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Have you no sense of decency? Very poor form indeed.
I never met Greg, but I enjoyed his posts very much. Heaven gained quite a character. Godspeed.
"A Republic, if you can keep it." ~ B. Franklin
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I liked Crossfire.
I turned a magazine follower for a Marlin 336 out of stainless steel. He wouldn't hear of it,....said I should have made it out of bronze. So I turned one out of silicon bronze and sent it to him,..told him, "Here,..shut up".
He liked it. Lol, Cross was big on tradition. I loved that old Cannon he had. Who has pictures of Greg shooting that glorious weapon? Post them up please! my picture files are a mess, but i have one of him somewhere flipping the bird at the camera.
THE BIRTH PLACE OF GERONIMO
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I liked Crossfire.
I turned a magazine follower for a Marlin 336 out of stainless steel. He wouldn't hear of it,....said I should have made it out of bronze. So I turned one out of silicon bronze and sent it to him,..told him, "Here,..shut up".
He liked it. Lol, Cross was big on tradition. I loved that old Cannon he had. Who has pictures of Greg shooting that glorious weapon? Post them up please! my picture files are a mess, but i have one of him somewhere flipping the bird at the camera. Well, that's kind of a tradition!
Retired cat herder.
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I liked Crossfire.
I turned a magazine follower for a Marlin 336 out of stainless steel. He wouldn't hear of it,....said I should have made it out of bronze. So I turned one out of silicon bronze and sent it to him,..told him, "Here,..shut up".
He liked it. Lol, Cross was big on tradition. I loved that old Cannon he had. Who has pictures of Greg shooting that glorious weapon? Post them up please! my picture files are a mess, but i have one of him somewhere flipping the bird at the camera. Lol. I believe the photo of him flipping the bird had him holding a small steel buffalo silhouette covered with .22 lead splotches. That may have been during my visit when we went to the range and shot rows of little buffalo at 200 yards with vintage single shots. Fun. I'd like to see that cannon photo again too. Paul
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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I liked Crossfire.
I turned a magazine follower for a Marlin 336 out of stainless steel. He wouldn't hear of it,....said I should have made it out of bronze. So I turned one out of silicon bronze and sent it to him,..told him, "Here,..shut up".
He liked it. Lol, Cross was big on tradition. I loved that old Cannon he had. Who has pictures of Greg shooting that glorious weapon? Post them up please! my picture files are a mess, but i have one of him somewhere flipping the bird at the camera. I think I remember that pic.
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[quote=ISRO]He was mentioned the other day in a thread [/qoute]
Show me the thread.
Lynn
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I popped in to see how the ‘Fire was processing all the 2020 cra-cra. No comment there. I did not know Greg had passed. We certainly went round and round, but we had some back-channel comms in private that showed me he had a heart of gold. RIP Greg. What an incredible coincidence that you would just show up in such a timely manner.....  Uncanny, isn't it?  Jeff thinks everyone else is as dumb as he is........... Jeff O is a fugging scumball running multiple Liberal Socialist Democrat sockpuppet trolls on here. And he whelches on bets. And a puzzy too....... Jeff O = ISRO These communist trolls are hilariously pathetic. Lol. I thought ISRO was Maser??
Despite my user name, no I am not from Texas.........
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Amazing how defensive the Campfire crybabies get about some drunk guy who offed himself. Bizarre stuff.
Obviously, he ended up an embarrassment to everyone here. I don't know the subject of the discussion. Maybe they are liberal minded enough to look past a man's troubles and addiction and see the good in him. Great job of reprezintin the modern loony left.
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Guys, please. Let the dead sleep in peace.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is.
dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb
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Guys, please. Let the dead sleep in peace. Hopefully Rick will step up and kill it.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.
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Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears
Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me
Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
English Translation
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears
Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me
Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone
In memory
NEVER FORGET
Decades of voting for the lesser of two evils has gotten us just that.....
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Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears
Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me
Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
English Translation
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears
Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me
Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone
In memory
NEVER FORGET
Thank you Sir, Miss Lynn Douglas
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Crossfire salvaged an old Iver Johnson I inherited from my Grandpa that had a barrel bulge, would not take a dime for his work.
Good man and good friend.
Leroy and ISRO can apply negative pressure to my rectal opening, faocktards both! Greg was an interesting cat, for sure! The guy could build, make, or engineer about anything it seemed. He fixed up an old Stevens Favorite for me. It is my favorite rimfire rifle by far. Vaya con Dios! As an aside, how sad a sack of schit must one be to troll a dead man on an Internet forum? It could be comical if it wasn’t so fuggin pathetic. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/144335.jpg) MadMooner; Good morning to you sir, hopefully the Thanksgiving long weekend has treated you all acceptably and this finds you well. Greg and I corresponded a fair bit over the years - he'd call me "Hoser" - a Bob and Doug McKenzie reference from his days on this side of the medicine line. We eventually determined that we may well have met when he was managing a PetroCan gas station on the west side of Calgary that I filled up at a few times. Funny how small the world can get isn't it? Anyways I'd pick his brain about everything from plastic welding to the merits of various bearing types for certain applications and as you noted, his input was usually experience based and pointed me in the correct direction for a solution. He'd ask about it afterward too, so he was interested in still learning, which in my view and experience speaks to an individual who is still attempting to better themselves. Oh, he sent me a book too, which reminds me I should add to my winter reading list again. It'll remind me of him and frankly too many of my friends and mentors who've left much too early for my liking. I suppose that reminds us all however that the words we peck out here will remain indefinitely for others to read and either be edified or horrified, whichever is appropriate you know? All the best to you as the days get shorter and colder sir. Dwayne Thank you Dwayne. Life, despite all the recent chaos, is wonderful. Cross is one I definitely regret not going out of my way to visit with in person. We had chats that ranged from living aboard ships, rifles, cattle, diesels engines, etc.... He was a wealth of knowledge on many subjects. I respected the man, even if we didn’t always see eye to eye. Hope you folks are warm, healthy, and well fed! MadMooner; Thanks for the reply and for sharing your interactions with crossfire, I very much appreciate you doing so. It's interesting to me that I'd forgotten his nautical background, but recalled it when you reminded me. Likely because I've always maintained that I'll ride a rough horse rather than a smooth boat anytime and any day. Since I'd just completed Mule Deer/John Barsness' new book Gun Gack III, as I'd just mentioned digging out the book cross had sent me I did that. Here's a shot of the inscription he put into the front. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/144335.jpg) It's also interesting to me that while I valued his inscription, it meant less somehow when we were both still on this mortal coil, you know? The other take away I have as well about that, is without looking I'd have bet it wasn't 8 years ago, but it was and here we are in the final month of a memorable year to say the least. At the risk of sounding like a broken record - using that statement alone lets one know how many growth rings I've accumulated for sure - but once again it's a reminder to me endeavor to write or post things that will perhaps and hopefully still be of some use after I'm no longer here either. All the best to you all sir, I'm trying not to say "Christmas Season" until next week so I'll just leave it at "official start of winter" perhaps.  Dwayne
The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"
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